Director, Business Intelligence

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. At Dolby, science meets art, and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team, you’ll see and hear the results of your work everywhere, from movie theaters to smartphones. We continue to revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide. To do that, we need the absolute best talent.

We’re big enough to give you all the resources you need, and small enough so you can make a real difference and earn recognition for your work. We offer a collegial culture, challenging projects, and excellent compensation and benefits.

For this high functioning team, the nature of the work benefits from frequent in-office presence, and employees may be expected to work from a company office up to four days per week. While we remain committed to flexibility, this team’s rhythm includes regular in-person connection to support collaboration, learning, and impact.

The Legal Department provides core legal support to all Dolby functions, runs several IP-centric businesses, and leads government relations.

The Director of Intelligence, Data, and Modeling – Legal & Patent Licensing is a leadership role responsible for building and operationalizing an end-to-end intelligence, analytics, and modeling capability foundational to Dolby’s Patent Licensing and IP Protection strategy. This role extends beyond traditional analytics to include market intelligence, economic and royalty modeling, scenario planning, and AI-enabled decision support across bilateral and pool-based licensing programs.

This position will drive and evolve a multi-year intelligence and analytics roadmap for the Legal, IP Protection, and Patent Licensing organization—translating complex market dynamics, incomplete data, and legal frameworks into clear, actionable insights. The role serves as a key connector across licensing strategy, legal, finance, and data engineering, ensuring data is accurate, accessible, and actionable.

This role is responsible for communicating the business impact of data transformation efforts, demonstrating value through measurable outcomes, and supporting adoption of advanced analytics and AI across the licensing lifecycle.

• Define and deliver the data, intelligence, and analytics roadmap for Legal and Patent Licensing, aligned with long-term licensing growth and portfolio objectives
• Establish an intelligence framework integrating market data, licensee data, financial outcomes, patent assets, and external signals to enable informed decision-making
• Prioritize analytics investments by balancing speed, rigor, and business impact in evolving environments
• Lead the aggregation and analysis of global market intelligence across relevant industries (e.g., audio, video, consumer electronics, automotive, and emerging device ecosystems)
• Develop models that translate technology adoption and licensing dynamics into forecastable business opportunities
• Monitor competitive and ecosystem developments, including standards evolution, patent pools, and enforcement trends
• Design and continuously improve economic and royalty models supporting licensing agreements, patent pools, enforcement scenarios, and new program development
• Build scenario-based forecasting models evaluating a range of outcomes based on varying assumptions
• Partner with Finance and Licensing teams to ensure models support decision-making and long-term planning

• Lead the application of AI and machine learning to legal and licensing use cases (e.g., compliance risk, forecasting, workflow automation)
• Identify and pilot high-impact use cases and support transition from experimentation to practical application

• Oversee the design and evolution of data pipelines, models, and analytics platforms supporting Legal and Patent Licensing
• Promote data quality, transparency, and governance aligned with legal and compliance standards
• Enable development of clear, executive-ready dashboards and visualizations

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